Improvement in fare-registers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

HENRY POTTIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN FARE-REGISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,496, dated March28, 1876; application filed July 15, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY POTTIN, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improved Gar-Fare Receiver, Register, and Signal, of whichthe following is a specification:

The invention consists of a double box, which is carried in the hand ofthe conductor, or suspended from his person by a strap or other suitabledevice. One part of the box is for receiving and containing the fares,the other contains the registering and announcing mechanisms.

Figure l is a plan view of the box, the lid being open to exhibit themechanisms. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the registering mecl1- anism. Fig.3 is an edge view of the actuating-bar and return-spring. Fig. 4 is areduced plan view of the exterior ofthe box.

The box A is divided by the partitionB into the compartment 0 forcontaining the fares, which are passed in at the hopper D. and taken outat the bottom through a latch or other secured door, E. The othercompartment, F, contains the mechanisms for registering and announcingthe fares taken. The mechanisms, two in number, are entirely alike inthe construction and operation of the several parts, with the singleexception of the signals. A thumb-lever, G, is jointed to areciprocating bar, H, a pawl, I, of which is held in intimate contactwith a ratchet-wheel, J, of a wheel, K, whose teeth a take into thenotches Z) of a numbered band, L, which also passes around asimilarly-notched wheel, K. The band is in this instance numbered from 1to 39.

When a full fare is received and deposited in the compartment 0, theconductor, by an upward pressure, vibrates the lever G, which lowers thebar H, and causes the pawl I to advance the wheel J one tooth, when, byreason of the contact of the toothed wheel K and the band L, it isadvanced one number, which exhibits through an opening in the side ofthe box, (shown by the dotted lines 0, Fig. 2.) The lowering of the barH butts its lever M against the leg d of the shank e, and springs itshammer on the bell M.

The I thumb-lever G and the bar H are returned, when the pressure of theconductors hand is removed from the lever, bya spiral spring, N, whichis lodged beneath the bar, and has its ends attached to the upperguide-pin g and the stud h of the bar. One revolution of the band Lmoves the ratchet O and numbered wheel P one tooth, by means of a nib,t, depending t'rom the band far enough to contact with a tooth of theratchet, so that the number of fares taken can be readily hadby'multiplying the number on the band L and the number on the ring 0, asexhibited through the openings in the edge of the box.

The ringing of the bell announces the taking of a full fare. Theannouncing .ot' the taking of a part fare is by the prolongation of thebar H, in its descent by the lever G, contacting with a sounder, Q,which produces a clicking noise. The sounds produced by the bell and theclick are heard through apunctured face, R, of the box-door S.

1 claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the lever G, bar H, pawlI, ratchet-wheel J, toothed wheels K K, and the band L, as shown anddescribed.

2. The double box A, in combination with the lever G, bar H, pawlI,Vratchet-wheel J, toothed wheels K K, and the band L, as shown anddescribed.

3. The combination of the band L and the ratchetand numbered wheel 0 P,as shown and described.

4. The combination of the band L and the nib or projection t, as shownand described.

5. The combination of-the lever Gr, bar H, and the sounder Q, as shownand described.

6. The combination of the lever G, bar H, trip-lever M, bell and hammerM 6, spring N, pawl I, wheels J J K, and the band L, as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HENRY POTTIN. l

Witnesses:

Farmers D. PASTORIUS, L. M. PROMIS.

